The Catholic Church is dominated by men but is making progress on giving a stronger voice to women, representatives of the International Union of Superiors General (UISG), an umbrella group of Catholic nuns, said on Wednesday.

"Parang pinitik lang tayo sa tenga, but we"re worried if something happens ...they might deliberately ram our ships endangering the lives of our sailors," AFP Chief of Staff General Romeo Brawner Jr. said in Joseph Morong's report on "24 Oras."

Tension sparked between anti-mining protesters and guards of a mining company in Brooke's Point, Palawan on Wednesday, Jonathan Andal reported on "24 Oras."

Patay ang isang kandidatong kapitan ng barangay sa Sigayan, Lanao del Sur matapos na pagbabarilin ng kaniyang kalaban. Ang asawa at pitong-taong-gulang na anak ng biktima, nadamay pa.

A suitcase containing jewelry and bags worth about P20 million has not yet been located after its owner accidentally left it behind at NAIA, according to a 24 Oras report by Maki Pulido on Wednesday.

Aabot umano sa P20 milyon ang halaga ng mga alahas at mga bag ang laman ng isang maleta na naiwan ng may-ari sa airport. Ang lalaking tumangay sa maleta, pinaghahanap ng mga awtoridad.

Hindi na umubra ang pagpapanggap na mannequin ng isang lalaki sa loob ng isang shopping center sa Warsaw, Poland dahil nabisto at naaresto siya ng mga pulis.

Thousands of people waving Palestinian flags and chanting "Gaza, Paris is with you" gathered on Sunday for the first pro-Palestinian demonstration allowed by police in the French capital since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel.

An explosion and the sound of ambulances were heard near the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip on Sunday afternoon, shortly after a second aid convoy had entered the crossing from the Egyptian side, witnesses said. The Israeli military sa...

A new convoy of 17 aid trucks entered war-torn Gaza on Sunday as Israel stepped up strikes on the Palestinian enclave which is suffering a "catastrophic" humanitarian situation in the war sparked by Hamas's bloody attack.

South Korea, together with Japan and the United States, held a joint aerial exercise near the Korean peninsula on Sunday, the South Korean military said, marking the first such collaboration between the three countries.

The Philippines will not be deterred in its resupply efforts in the West Philippine Sea despite the collision incidents with China, said National Security Adviser Secretary Eduardo M. Año.

France, already on its highest security alert, is to boost security at airports around the capital and on trains after a wave of bomb hoaxes, the transport minister said on Sunday.

Pope Francis pleaded Sunday for an end to the Hamas-Israeli conflict amid fears it could widen, and called for more humanitarian aid to be allowed into to the Gaza Strip.

Israel expanded planned evacuations of communities on its northern front with Lebanon on Sunday as cross-border clashes with fighters from Lebanese group Hezbollah have intensified since the war in Gaza erupted more than two weeks ago.

The lives of at least 120 newborn babies on incubators in war-torn Gaza's hospitals are at risk as fuel runs out in the besieged enclave, UNICEF warned Sunday.

A teenage Iranian girl, who fell into a coma earlier this month following an alleged encounter with officers over violating the country's hijab law, is said to be "brain-dead," Iranian state media reported on Sunday.

The Philippine National Police (PNP) said Sunday an additional 800 police officers would be deployed in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to beef up the security measures in the region ahead of the Barangay and Sangguniang Ka...

Lawmakers on Sunday condemned the Chinese Coast Guard's attempt to thwart an Armed Forces of the Philippines resupply mission that resulted in a collision.

The Supreme Court ruled that when an entity has prior use, creation, or registration of a trademark and the applicant has knowledge of said use, creation, or registration, the trademark application may not be registered due to bad faith and should be ...

A group of young local legislators in the province of Bulacan have expressed support for the conversion of San Jose del Monte (SJDM) into a highly urbanized city. 

President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. ordered the abolition of the North Luzon Railways Corp. (Northrail) as the government-owned firm no longer served its purpose.

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) warned candidates for the 2023 Barangay and Sanguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) against using the government"s social services, such as the 4Ps or Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, to secur...

Many times, it is a thankless job but the Local Government Code of 1991 mandated an honoraria of not less than P1,000 a month for kapitan and a minimum of P600 for kagawad.

The Marcos administration"s “Walang Gutom 2027: Food Stamp Program” will be implemented in full-swing by July 2024.

Two newly freed American hostages, a Chicago-area woman and her teenage daughter, were reunited with family inside Israel on Friday as relatives celebrated back home in Illinois, nearly two weeks after Hamas gunmen abducted them and dozens of others ne...

Here"s a reminder on the powers and responsibilities you will entrust to the community"s next Sangguniang Kabataan leaders.

The Commission on Elections has issued show cause orders against over 300 candidates for the October 2023 Barangay and Sanguniang Kabataan Elections over alleged campaign violations, its chairman George Garcia said on Saturday.

Isang bangkay ng lalaki ang natagpuan sa isang pumping station sa Binondo, Maynila nitong Biyernes ng gabi.

North Korea on Saturday condemned the United States for supplying Ukraine with long-range ballistic missiles known as ATACMS, saying any strike on Russia with them will only hamper peace efforts.

A New York judge on Friday fined Donald Trump $5,000 for violating a gag order barring the former US president from disparaging court staff during his civil fraud trial, warning that any future transgressions would bring "far more severe" sanctions inc...

France's President Emmanuel Macron on Friday welcomed the release of two American hostages in Gaza, highlighting Qatar's role and saying he hoped similar initiatives would happen in the coming days, including for French nationals.

House Deputy Minority Leader and Basilan Representative Mujiv Hataman has called on the Marcos administration to join the calls for ceasefire between Israel and armed group Hamas.

The PNP said it has not monitored any serious threat in the country in relation to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.